Dear Sara
The senior physio was quite correct in refusing to disclose the details.
This was a very cheeky approach and disclosure would be contravening the
Data Protection Act 1998. A simple refusal to similar approaches is all that
is required. You might alert your Trust Data Protection Officer to these
calls though.
Gil
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stock Sara (RDE) Essex Rivers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 November 2002 12:19
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: nhs database.com
Dear all
Does anyone know anything about this site, produces by Medical Information
Systems? Someone from that company recently rang a senior member of our
Physio department requesting names, grades and qualifications of all our OTs
and Physios. The Senior Physio was a bit alarmed and refused. We are
possibly bit jumpy here - we're being plagued with hoax callers - but it
seems an odd way to make an approach for that kind of information. Can
anyone quell our fears??
Thanks
Sara Stock, BA, DipLib, MCLIP
Library Services Manager
Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust
Colchester General Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5HJ
T: (01206) 742146
F: (01206) 742107
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W: www.essexrivers.nhs.uk/library
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